Dawoodi Bohra

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Dawoodi Bohra ( Arabic/Urdu: داؤدی بوہرہ) is a subsect of IsmāʿīlīShīʿaIslām. While the Dawoodi Bohra is based in India, their belief system originates in Yemen, where it evolved from the Fatimid Caliphate and they were persecuted due to their differences from main stream Sunni Islam - leading the shift of Dawoodi Bohras to India.

After occultation of their 21st Imam Tayyib, they follows Dai as representative of Imam which are continued till date. The word Bohra itself comes from the Gujarati word vehwahar ( "trading"), while the term Dawoodi refers to their support for Dawood Bin Qutubshah in the 1592 Dai dispute which divided the Tayyibi sect, creating the Dawoodi Bohra.